Topic: Technology — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-25 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Aime Williams in Washington
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[2026-07-25 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang joined X on Friday and used his first post to champion AI models that can be downloaded and adapted, arguing they are vital to preserving America’s lead in artificial intelligence.
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[2026-07-25 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang joined X on Friday and used his first post to champion AI models that can be downloaded and adapted, arguing they are vital to preserving America’s lead in artificial intelligence.
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[2026-07-25 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump holds a championship ring during an event to honor the 2025 World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, July 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-07-25 03:13 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Increasingly accurate and lethal attacks are revealing weaknesses in stretched defences across the Gulf
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[2026-07-25 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Gamers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network, leaving some unable to play digital games for several hours.
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[2026-07-25 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PostMag Quick CrosswordSaturday, 25 Julyloading
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[2026-07-25 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mini SudokuSaturday, 25 Julyloading
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[2026-07-25 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The SCMP Cryptic CrosswordSaturday, 25 Julyloading
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[2026-07-25 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Word SearchSaturday, 25 Julyloading
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[2026-07-25 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — A South Korean court ordered an artificial intelligence (AI) chip-manufacturing tycoon on Friday to make a trimmed $644-million divorce payment to his former wife.
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[2026-07-25 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PAX Silica is not a pipeline in the conventional sense. What it proposes to carry is far more valuable and potentially far more dangerous: critical minerals, semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure, industrial data, advanced manufacturing and, inevitably, geopolitical influence.
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[2026-07-25 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-07-25 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The EU Council on Friday issued sanctions against Nima Salehi, an Iranian hacker who has been behind cyber attacks on regime opponents.
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[2026-07-25 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hitachi soon will use AI in all steps of systems development, from requirement definition to programming, maintenance and operation. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-07-25 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO, July 24 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung arrived in San Francisco on Friday, where he will meet with the leaders of global tech giants, including OpenAI Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sam Altman and Nvidia chief Jensen Huang.
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[2026-07-25 01:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It’s no bedtime story
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[2026-07-24 23:00 UTC+10:00] [OpenAI] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: If OpenAI loudly proclaims how dangerous AI is, investors will hear how powerful it is. And who benefits from that?
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[2026-07-24 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company founder Ren Zhengfei says the new framework is crucial for survival, enabling chip advancements without EUV lithography
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[2026-07-24 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Tau scaling law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company founder Ren Zhengfei says the new framework is crucial for survival, enabling chip advancements without EUV lithography
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[2026-07-24 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Friday said it found TikTok had not adequately protected children’s privacy rights on its platform by allowing adults to view the accounts of minors.
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[2026-07-24 22:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is going with the chairmen of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to San Francisco on [DATE] for meetings with global tech leaders. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-07-24 22:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are set to unveil major agreements involving “very large” sums with leading US technology companies during President Lee Jae Myung’s visit to Silicon Valley, a senior presidential official said.
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[2026-07-24 22:32 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: An incident in which an autonomous OpenAI agent hacked a startup either confirms that the end is nigh – or that the product is just amazingly sophisticated
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[2026-07-24 22:13 UTC+10:00] [Asia economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — China announced it will add export restrictions on 14 EU defense and technology companies after the EU added 14 Chinese businesses to its Russia sanctions lists.
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[2026-07-24 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: But aggressive pressure, driven by fresh tech curbs and tariffs, risks souring the high-stakes meeting with Xi Jinping, analysts say
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[2026-07-24 22:10 UTC+10:00] [Shenzhen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: But aggressive pressure, driven by fresh tech curbs and tariffs, risks souring the high-stakes meeting with Xi Jinping, analysts say
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[2026-07-24 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Zoom Technologies has launched a new live voice translation service, with Arabic support coming in the fourth quarter of this year.
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[2026-07-24 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are seeing a modest rebound after posting their biggest drop this month, as Brent crude dropped back under $100 a barrel, and bond yields and rate hike odds - which track the price of oil one to one - halted their ascent. As of 6:00am ET, S&P 500 futures rose 0.3%, with the index still on track for its first back-to-back weekly loss since the early stages of the Iran war.
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[2026-07-24 21:30 UTC+10:00] [consumer electronics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Major smartphone vendors will try to abandon the money-losing segment despite strong consumer demand, and pivot to more value-added products
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[2026-07-24 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Major smartphone vendors will try to abandon the money-losing segment despite strong consumer demand, and pivot to more value-added products
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[2026-07-24 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Screenshots of the executive’s eye-watering compensation went viral on social media, which Tencent said caused a ‘severe negative impact’
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[2026-07-24 21:18 UTC+10:00] [Weixin Group] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Screenshots of the executive’s eye-watering compensation went viral on social media, which Tencent said caused a ‘severe negative impact’
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[2026-07-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The state-owned firm’s new project, independently managed by the company’s South Korean subsidiary, brings its number of power facilities in the country to five
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[2026-07-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.
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[2026-07-24 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: From the 33 startups chosen to participate in Google’s Gemini Startup Forum: Cybersecurity, one-third of them are Israeli, the cyber giant announced on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-24 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vista del logo de la app TikTok, en Tokio, Japón, el 28 de septiembre de 2020. (AP Foto/Kiichiro Sato, archivo)
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[2026-07-24 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
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[2026-07-24 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A new White House report outlines plans to divert federal research dollars to frontline AI projects and tech giants to restore Washington’s competitive edge over Beijing.
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[2026-07-24 19:27 UTC+10:00] [Big Tech] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The European Union on Friday signaled it could live with new U.S. tariffs imposed over its alleged failure to ban imports made with forced labor after President Donald Trump largely stuck to the terms of a transatlantic trade truce.
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[2026-07-24 19:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea may face less immediate job disruption from generative artificial intelligence than other members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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[2026-07-24 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli cybersecurity firm Pentera announced on Wednesday a deal with Recorded Future to integrate their technologies, with a demonstration expected at the Black Hat 2026 conference.
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[2026-07-24 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won arrives at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 26, 2026. (Lee Young-hwan/Newsis via AP)
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[2026-07-24 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group
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[2026-07-24 18:26 UTC+10:00] [digital] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday unveiled the first stage of his Cabinet reshuffle aimed at making his coalition more effective and boosting its approval ratings.
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[2026-07-24 18:15 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Yang Zhilin, the 34-year-old Chinese entrepreneur rocking the AI world to its foundations, is often described as “baby-faced”.
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[2026-07-24 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 24 Jul 2026 at 6:10pm
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[2026-07-24 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE food manufacturing industry continues to change as companies balance product quality with growing expectations for better nutrition, greater operational efficiency, and more sustainable production. Environmental performance and responsible manufacturing have become increasingly important considerations alongside food safety and innovation.
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[2026-07-24 17:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Friday that the government will do whatever it can to turn the Saemangeum reclaimed land in southwestern South Korea into a hub for artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, hydrogen and other high-tech industries.
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[2026-07-24 16:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea and the US opened a joint shipbuilding cooperation center in Washington on Thursday, officially kicking off a broad initiative aimed at revitalizing America’s shipbuilding industry through investment, technology sharing and workforce training.
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